@VanillaDeedle@needGod_net It is completely, logically inconsistent to steal a quote to validate your worldview while rejecting the very ecclesial consensus that gave you the book to begin with.
@VanillaDeedle@needGod_net You say sola scriptura and private self-interpretation. This leads to the next question: what gives you the right to quote Revelation without the Church's authority?
The Church decided Revelation belongs in Scripture after centuries of debate.
@Alec_Zeck I would see a similar figure in my dreams
After doing meditation and astral projection, many occasions he would start off in the distance and get closer in my dreams.
Once I stopped started praying and using the Jesus prayer going to confession it stopped.
Definitely Demonic
@DanielWest36504@needGod_net You’re saying the visible Church is fallible and imperfect, but the text is perfectly preserved and authoritative. How do you know which text is the inspired text, what books belong in the canon?
@DanielWest36504@needGod_net We both agree Jesus is the Rock. The real disagreement is over what He left behind to preserve that truth. Did Jesus establish a living, visible Church to protect the faith, or did He leave a sovereign manual (Scripture Alone)?
@DanielWest36504@needGod_net He sees a visible, liturgical reality
An altar (Rev 6:9)
Incense being offered by priests (Rev 8:3) White robes and liturgical vestments (Rev 4:4)The Trisagion hymn ("Holy, Holy, Holy") being sung continuously (Rev 4:8)
Nothing Protestant about it.
@DanielWest36504@needGod_net I agree with you on the first part I’m not a papist.
As for the visible church outlined in Revelations.
Its the the Orthodox liturgy St. John is caught up in the spirit, what does he see?
@CedarsAndSaints Comes down to bad theology and not understanding the Old Testament or the new.
Mary is the new Ark of the Covenant. Just as no ordinary man was permitted to touch or desecrate the original Ark, Mary's body was completely consecrated to God after carrying the Incarnate Christ.
@MJKelleyII Asking Grok lol. The Apostolic Fathers wrote pastoral letters, not theology manuals. They only wrote about what was being disputed like Church unity or Christ’s humanity. They didn't need to defend praying to saints or define the trinity, it was already the universal norm.
@nimchimsky@Dr___Science@HellenicEchoes Telling people to get therapy. Who actually needs the therapy here?
Log off and go have a bratwurst.
Saying Greece would be wiped off the map shows you get your geopolitics from TikTok. Greece has one of the most advanced air forces in NATO and a defense treaty with France.
@MJKelleyII@CatholicDrip___ Calling us wannabe Romans reverses history Rome split from the 4 original ancient Sees
Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. We reject Rome’s innovations to preserve the unaltered faith of the Apostles.
The one holy catholic and apostolic church the Orthodox Church
@archie_lochie Science disproves God is a category error. God is not a physical object within the universe that science can measure. He is the uncreated Creator of the universe.
@NateBornAgain Mary is not the spouse of the Holy Spirit; she is the Mother of God (Theotokos)
Is Jesus God? ✅
Is Mary the mother of Jesus? ✅
Therefore Mary is the mother of God.
If X (Human Nature) + Y (Divine Nature)
= Z (Jesus Christ)
Simple high school algebra.
@ComeHometoRome It but they diverted from the original Church through theological innovations. Doctrines like papal supremacy, papal infallibility, indulgences, and novel devotions like the Sacred Heart are post-Schism errors. They changed the faith; Orthodoxy preserved it unaltered.
@ComeHometoRome Holiness is called "theosis" the literal process of becoming like God & being infused with His divine energies through prayer, fasting, & Sacraments. Orthodox theology has remained unchanged since Christ, it holds holiness is found within the Orthodox faith. Catholics can claim